Also For Apple II, Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x Developed by Learning Company, Inc., The Published by Learning Company, Inc., The Released 1991 Genre Educational, Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Side view Educational Reading / Writing Description The Master of Mischief is at it again. This time he has devised a great spelling bee in which he will submit robots to win the spelling bee for him! When you first log in, you will be asked to chose a category of words (Holiday,...
Developed by Softdisk Publishing Platform DOS Published by Softdisk Publishing Released Sep, 1990 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Description This game centers around rearranging the letters of words. It has several different modes. In the standard game, a word is presented and the player must find as many words as possible by mixing around letters from the word. In the "anagrams only" game, things work much like the standard game, but the...
Also For Apple II, TRS-80 Developed by Automated Simulations, Inc. Published by Automated Simulations, Inc. Released 1982 Genre Educational, Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Educational Reading / Writing Description Jabbertalky contains several educational puzzle games where you need to figure out sentences created by the computer. The game can be played by one or more players, and there are eight levels of difficulty available in each...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1995 Genre Puzzle Pacing Real-Time Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Gameplay Word Construction Description Tommy's Think II is a single-player, shareware, word puzzle game. The game contains a dictionary of over fifty thousand American words. The player sets a difficulty level between one and nine. This determines the length of the word to be entered, a level one word having seven letters, a level two word having eight...
ABC (1995)(Sikor Soft)(PL)[a] Platform Atari 8-bit Released 1995 Published by Sikor Soft Perspective Top-down Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description ABC is a puzzle board game. The game consists of finding the hidden password on a board filled with letters. The password is set in a line in any direction - to the right, left, up, down, and diagonally. The player has to point at only the first letter by selecting the horizontal and vertical position before...
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CryptoCube (1983)(Designware) Developed by DesignWare, Inc. Released 1983 Also For Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PC Booter Published by DesignWare, Inc. Educational Reading / Writing Gameplay Word Construction Genre Educational, Puzzle Description 20 themed words are arranged in criss-cross formation over the faces of a three-dimensional cube. You have to guess and uncover them. A mascot- The Wuzzle- apprises you of your progress. When uncovering the words, you will get: a blank square- no points and...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1986 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tommy's Crosswords is a single-player crossword game. This game comes with thirty-nine pre-made crosswords and an editor so that players can create and share their own puzzles. In Solution mode it has two cheat modes, one gives the player the current letter, as indicated by the cursor, and the other gives...
Developed by Intelligent Educational Software Platform DOS Released 1993 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Acrostix is a single-player, freeware, word puzzle game that is a bit like the word puzzle bit in 'Wheel of Fortune'. The player is presented with a short phrase, statement or question which is a clue to a phrase, saying, person's name, place, thing etc. The top half of the game area has the words in the...
Developed by CrossWorld Software, Inc. Platform DOS Published by CrossWorld Software, Inc. Released 1993 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Misc Licensed Description The game proposes the archive of 365 "LA Times" crossword puzzles for the player to solve. Player may load the puzzle, examine the puzzle grid, move around the grid to select Across and Down clues, and type in letters of the word for an answer....
MISSING COVER Platform Windows 3.x Released Nov 17, 1992 Published by Ivory Tower Software Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Description CyberSpace Crossword is a freeware three dimensional crossword puzzle. The player starts at a point in cyberspace some distance above the puzzle and navigates to it using three slider controls that adjust the player viewpoint in each of the three dimensions. Upon nearing the puzzle the game begins and the player is offered...
Developed by Castaway Software Hawaii Released 1994 Also For Macintosh Published by Quantum Quality Productions Gameplay Word Construction Genre Puzzle Description Zig-Zag is a cross between the word games Hangman and Mastermind . The computer selects a secret word and then the player must try to guess it by placing other words in a crooked pattern and evaluating a point score based on the number of correct letters and their location compared to the letters in the secret word. In addition to...
Developed by Softdisk Publishing Platform DOS Published by Softdisk Publishing Released Sep, 1990 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Description This game centers around rearranging the letters of words. It has several different modes. In the standard game, a word is presented and the player must find as many words as possible by mixing around letters from the word. In the "anagrams only" game, things work much like the standard game, but the...
Developed by Manley & Associates, Inc. Platform DOS Published by Electronic Arts, Inc. Released 1991 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Setting Contemporary, North America Description A puzzle game, similar in design to The Fool's Errand . Follow the Mallards, Mom, Dad, Tiffany, and Blip, on their journey to all 50 states, solving puzzles at two tourist traps in each state to find tacky souvenirs...
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Developed by Computer Puzzles Unlimited, Inc. Platform DOS Released 1994 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Computer Puzzles Unlimited is a single-player, shareware, compendium of puzzles consisting of fifty-seven puzzles of which there are one or more in each of the following categories: Anagram Word Find: this is a Word Find puzzle but the words have been 'anagrammed' making the puzzle much harder to...
Computer Wordsearch (1986)(Softfirm) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1986 Published by Softfirm Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Description Computer-Wordsearch is a program that allows you to do two types of wordsearches, normal and Wordsnake on a 22 x 20 grid of letters. The normal worsearch has two options, themed or mixed and you have a choice of how many words in each grid, 6, 12, 18 or 24. As you solve the wordsearch you have a timer and the aim...
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1 Player Start 1 2 Player Start 2 Coin 1 5 Service Mode F2 Left LCONTROL or Mouse B1 Right LALT or Mouse B3 Choose SPACE or Mouse B2 Spinner LSHIFT Go For It Z Released 1984 Platform Arcade Developed by Status Games Published by Status Games Gameplay Word construction Pacing Turn-based Interface Menu structures Genre Puzzle Visual Fixed / flip-screen Description Hangman: The Video Game is an arcade take on the paper and pencil guessing game with two mini-games included. The player has to guess...
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Dell Crossword Puzzles Volume III (1987)(Sharedata) Developed by ShareData, Inc. Released 1987 Also For DOS Published by ShareData, Inc. Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Misc Licensed Description Dell Crossword Puzzles Volume III is a text-based crossword puzzle game from the Dell puzzle company. This game helps you to improve vocabulary and puzzle-solving skills by using word and puzzle...
Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, PC Booter Developed by DesignWare, Inc. Published by DesignWare, Inc. Released 1983 Genre Educational, Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Educational Reading / Writing Description 20 themed words are arranged in criss-cross formation over the faces of a three-dimensional cube. You have to guess and uncover them. A mascot- The Wuzzle- apprises you of your progress. When uncovering the words, you will get: a blank square- no points and the turn is...
Platform DOS Released Apr 23, 1992 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Strategy/Tactics Interface Point and Select Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description KrisKros is a turn based, shareware, word game for one to four players. The players are presented with a selection of lettered tiles and a grid into which these tiles must be placed to form words. The players take turns, each ninety seconds long, to enter their words into the grid. When one...
MISSING COVER Platform Windows 3.x Released Nov 17, 1992 Published by Ivory Tower Software Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Description CyberSpace Crossword is a freeware three dimensional crossword puzzle. The player starts at a point in cyberspace some distance above the puzzle and navigates to it using three slider controls that adjust the player viewpoint in each of the three dimensions. Upon nearing the puzzle the game begins and the player is offered...
Developed by Castaway Software Hawaii Released 1994 Also For Macintosh Published by Quantum Quality Productions Gameplay Word Construction Genre Puzzle Description Zig-Zag is a cross between the word games Hangman and Mastermind . The computer selects a secret word and then the player must try to guess it by placing other words in a crooked pattern and evaluating a point score based on the number of correct letters and their location compared to the letters in the secret word. In addition to...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1992 Genre Puzzle Pacing Turn-based Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tommy's Cryptoquips is a shareware code breaking game that is based on the 'Cryptograms' that are popular in some newspapers and puzzle books. The game displays a quotation that has been encrypted by a form of letter substitution code, and the player's task is to decode it. It can be played as a single player...
Word Ladders Developed by Softdisk Publishing Platform DOS Published by Softdisk Publishing Released Apr, 1991 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Word Ladders is a variant on the common word puzzle in which the player must turn one word into another by changing one letter at a time, with each intervening step still being a valid English word. The game is broken into rounds which offer increasingly challenging...
Platform DOS Released 1997 Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Top-down Educational Reading / Writing Genre Educational, Puzzle Interface Point and Select Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Denomino is a single player, shareware, word building game for DOS. In this game the player uses domino-like tiles to build words. Each tile contains two pairs of letters. The player makes words by positioning their tile next to an existing tile so that one or more four letter words are made. The game...
Platforms Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum Published by Scetlander Ltd. Released 1990 Genre Educational, Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Educational Reading / Writing Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Henrietta's Book Of Spells is one of a series of educational titles from Scetlander . This game focuses on English and was originally created for Archimedes A3000 before being ported to the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and DOS ....
Developed by HVB Software Platform DOS Published by HVB Software Released 1990 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word construction Perspective Text-based/spreadsheet , Top-down Description The objective of Kruiswoord (Crossword) is to fill in the entire crossword with Dutch words. The player can ask the computer to check whether the filled in words are right or not. For every letter that is not filled in, the player gets one hit point. For every letter that is filled in wrong, the player gets three hit...
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ABC (1995)(Sikor Soft)(PL) Platform Atari 8-bit Released 1995 Published by Sikor Soft Perspective Top-down Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description ABC is a puzzle board game. The game consists of finding the hidden password on a board filled with letters. The password is set in a line in any direction - to the right, left, up, down, and diagonally. The player has to point at only the first letter by selecting the horizontal and vertical position before the...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1989 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Interface Text Parser Description Tommy's Plates is a shareware word puzzle game based on the vanity plates used on cars in the USA. The example quoted in the game's documentation is PPNRTYM which represents 'Peace In Our Time' with two P's representing Peace, N - In, R - Our and TYM representing Time. Similarly DUU12C1 represents 'Do You Want To See One?' I the game...
MISSING COVER Platform Windows 3.x Released Nov 17, 1992 Published by Ivory Tower Software Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Description CyberSpace Crossword is a freeware three dimensional crossword puzzle. The player starts at a point in cyberspace some distance above the puzzle and navigates to it using three slider controls that adjust the player viewpoint in each of the three dimensions. Upon nearing the puzzle the game begins and the player is offered...
Arcadesearch (1983)(T&F Software) Released 1983 Also For VIC-20 Published by T&F; Software Company Gameplay Word Construction Interface Text Parser Genre Puzzle Description ArcadeSearch is a word search game with a video game theme. On a screen filled with 374 letters, the player's task is to locate twenty words and type them in. There are ten words vertically and ten words horizontally. The player has ten minutes to find all the words and will then get a score. Each found word is worth...
Platform DOS Released Jan 26, 1996 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Bible Crossword Puzzles is a single player, shareware, crossword puzzle game based on the King James bible. All clues in the crossword are accompanied by the relevant bible reference. The game has a save/load function, in-game help, and a hint feature. It can be played by either a keyboard of the mouse. An unusual feature of this game...
Magic of Words (19xx)(Sikor Soft)(PL) Platform Atari 8-bit Released 1996 Published by Sikor Soft Perspective Top-down Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Magic of Words is a puzzle game. The aim is to create a password indicated on the top side of the screen. To accomplish the mission the player must join together the letters in the correct sequence next to each other. The letters and other elements move in the indicated direction until they are...
Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, DOS Developed by IntelliCreations, Inc., Xel-Ha Associates Published by Datasoft, Inc. Released Aug, 1986 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Puzzle Interface Text Parser Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Crosscheck is a trivia and word-based strategy game for 1 - 4 players for multiple platforms. A combination of a crossword puzzle, and Scrabble, the players take turns rolling a dice...
Developed by Tommy's Toys Platform DOS Released 1987 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tommy's Hidden-Word is a single-player, shareware, word search game. The basic idea is to find words 'hidden' within a grid. The words and phrases all share a common theme and vary in length, in the phrase list they may contain numbers, spaces and/or punctuation all of which is removed when the word/phrase Is transferred into...
ShareData, Inc. Also For Commodore 64 Developed by ShareData, Inc. Published by ShareData, Inc. Released 1987 Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down Misc Licensed Genre Puzzle Interface Text Parser Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Dell Crossword Puzzles Volume III is a text-based crossword puzzle game from the Dell puzzle company. This game helps you to improve vocabulary and puzzle-solving skills by using word and puzzle checking functions. Built-in...
Hangman Platform DOS Published by Microforum Manufacturing Inc. Released 1992 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Puzzle Interface Text Parser Gameplay Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Hangman is a word-guessing game based on the original paper and pencil version played by at least two players. The game shows you a series of blank spaces. You have a certain number of guesses; every time you guess wrong, a drawing of a hanged man will...
Word Seeking Platform DOS Published by IBM Released Sep 27, 1984 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description A fairly standard word-search puzzle game: find and mark the words concealed inside a grid full of scrambled letters. The game doesn't come with a predefined list of words, but the player is free to create one, after which the computer constructs the puzzle - placing each word horizontally, vertically or diagonally,...
MISSING COVER Platform Windows 3.x Released Nov 17, 1992 Published by Ivory Tower Software Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Genre Puzzle Gameplay Word Construction Description CyberSpace Crossword is a freeware three dimensional crossword puzzle. The player starts at a point in cyberspace some distance above the puzzle and navigates to it using three slider controls that adjust the player viewpoint in each of the three dimensions. Upon nearing the puzzle the game begins and the player is offered...
Computer Scrabble (1985)(Leisure Genius) Also For Amstrad PCW, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Sinclair QL, Tatung Einstein, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, ZX Spectrum Released 1985 Published by Mastertronic Ltd. Developed by Psion Software Ltd. Pacing Turn-based Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Genre Strategy/Tactics Misc Licensed Interface Point and Select, Text Parser Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Perspective Top-down Description Computer Scrabble is the earliest official computer version of the popular...
Developed by Runecraft, Ltd. Released Dec, 1999 Also For Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x Published by Hasbro Interactive, Inc. Official Site Scrabble ESRB Rating Everyone Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Misc Licensed Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Description Play the classic board game against the computer or over the internet with the DOS version. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
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Also For Apple II, Atari ST, Macintosh Developed by Turcan Research Systems Limited Published by Leisure Genius Released 1989 Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Misc Licensed Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Perhaps the earliest "official" version of Scrabble for the PC. This adaptation of the classic word puzzle game allows up to four players with the option of using computer opponents that can compete at 8...
Computer Scrabble (1983)(Sinclair Research)[a] Developed by Psion Software Ltd. Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Sinclair QL, Tatung Einstein, Thomson MO, Thomson TO Published by Sinclair Research Ltd. Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select, Text Parser Misc Licensed Description Computer Scrabble is the earliest official computer version of...
Anna's Gram (1987)(Loadstar) Released 1987 Also For Apple II, DOS Published by Softdisk Publishing Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Genre Puzzle Description This game was a recurring feature on several of Softdisk's disk subscriptions; each time it appeared on a particular platform, it contained different puzzles. It's a combination word game/sliding tile puzzle in which letters must be manipulated and rearranged within a constrained area in order to spell out words. Several words can be...
MS-DOS: Fool's Errand, The by (1987) Also For Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh Published by Miles Computing, Inc. Released 1989 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Cards / Tiles, Word Construction Setting Fantasy Description One of the classic puzzle games. Tells the story of the Fool, who wanders throughout the land solving puzzles to break the enchantments, discover the land's treasures, and undo evil. Features word searches, cryptograms, jigsaw puzzles, anagrams, a Tarot-based card game, and lots of other...
Computer Scrabble (1983)(Sinclair Research) Developed by Psion Software Ltd. Released 1983 Also For Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Sinclair QL, Tatung Einstein, Thomson MO, Thomson TO Published by Sinclair Research Ltd. Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select, Text Parser Misc Licensed Description Computer Scrabble is the earliest official computer version of the...
MVP Software Released 1994 Also For Browser Published by MVP Software Perspective Top-down Pacing Turn-based Genre Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Description Literati is a version of a 1990 DOS shareware game that was converted and upgraded with more features for Windows in 1994 for MVP Software . In 2000, it became a popular part of the Yahoo Games web portal playable in a JAVA format in a web browser. Similar to Scrabble , the gameplay involves placing letters from 7...
Developed by Smart Games, Inc. Released 1996 Platform Windows 3.x Published by Smart Games, Inc. Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Genre Puzzle Description For those who loved Smart Games Challenge #1 's word puzzles, this is a stand-alone package with lots more of four kinds of word puzzles from that game. Unlike SGC1, this one will automatically save your progress whenever you change puzzles. The included puzzle types are: Crossed Words : Blacken squares in the grid to leave only valid...
Developed by HVB Software Platform DOS Published by HVB Software Released 1990 Genre Puzzle , Strategy/Tactics Gameplay Board Game , Word construction Perspective Text-based/spreadsheet , Top-down Description The player must find a Dutch word of twelve letters in a 4 by 4 matrix filled with letters. The letters of the word are connected to each other either horizontal, vertical or diagonal. The longer the player waits with answering, the more letters of the word are shown, but also the less...
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Also For Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST Developed by U.S. Gold Ltd. Published by U.S. Gold Ltd. Released 1992 Genre Strategy/Tactics Pacing Turn-based Perspective Top-down Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Misc Licensed Description Scrabble is a licensed version of the popular Spear's game developed by U.S. Gold Ltd. Scrabble is a word game for 2 - 4 players. It is played by forming inter-locking words, cross-word style, on a Scrabble playing board. The Scrabble board is a grid on which...
Also For Apple II, Commodore 64 Published by Softdisk Publishing Released 1987 Genre Puzzle Gameplay Board Game, Word Construction Description This game was a recurring feature on several of Softdisk's disk subscriptions; each time it appeared on a particular platform, it contained different puzzles. It's a combination word game/sliding tile puzzle in which letters must be manipulated and rearranged within a constrained area in order to spell out words. Several words can be worked on...
